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Gary L.Peterson
Cuuneilmembers
Robert A. Williams
590 40"'Avenue NE,Columbia Heights,MN 55421-3878 (763)706-3600 TDD(763)706-3692 Bruce Nawmcki
Visit our website at:www.ci.columbia-heijhts.mn.us Tamn,eS mitt
Donna Schmitt
City Manager
Walter R.Fehst
ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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to be held in the
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
as follows:
Meeting of: COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
Date of Meeting: JUNE 4, 2012
Time of Meeting: 6:00 P.M.
Location of Meeting: CONFERENCE ROOM 1
Purpose of Meeting: COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
1. Three interviews for one open position on the Planning and Zoning Commission and
one open position on the Traffic Commission.
The City of Columbia Heights does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to,
or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodation will be
provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in all City of Columbia Heights' services,
programs, and activities. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request when the
request is made at least 96 hours in advance. Please call the City Clerk at 763-706-3611 to make
arrangements. (TDD/706-3692 for deaf or hearing impaired only)
Mayor
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS Getty Peterson
C ouneilm embers
Robert A.Williams
590 40th Avenue NE,Columbia Heights,MN 55421-3878 (763)706-3600 TDD(763)706-3692 Bruce Nawiocb'
Visit our website at:www.ci.columbia-heiihts.mn.us Tanmeera Dielnn
Boma Schmitt
City Manager
Walter R.Fehst
ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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to be held in the
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
as follows:
Meeting of: COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
Date of Meeting: JUNE 4, 2012
Time of Meeting: 7:00 P.M.
Location of Meeting: CONFERENCE ROOM 1
Purpose of Meeting: WORK SESSION
1. Executive Session—personnel
2. GreenSteps program presentation
3. Mississippi WMO: Board appointment
4. ADA regulations for city pools
The City of Columbia Heights does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to,
or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodation will be
provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in all City of Columbia Heights' services,
programs, and activities. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request when the
request is made at least 96 hours in advance. Please call the City Clerk at 763-706-3611 to make
arrangements. (TDD/706-3692 for deaf or hearing impaired only)
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Steps to becoming recognized as a GreenStep city
Of Minnesota's 855 cities,approximately 500 are under 1,000 in population,83%are under 5,000 in population,and 35 have a population over
25,000.With such a diversity of cities,no one set of process steps will fit all cities in organizing work to become a GreenStep City.Depending on your
city,work may start mostly at the city staff,citizen commission or city council level and fit well into existing plans and efforts,moving later to
incorporate and leverage work efforts by civic organizations.Or the impetus for implementing GreenStep best practices may start with a civic group
and be mostly done by community members and community organizations,with the city council in a supportive and active role as needed.
Thus the abbreviated list of organizing steps below must be seen as a rough guide,to be adapted by each city.For more details under each step,
download the full Organizing Steps Guide.
Build community knowledge and interest.
4,1440'' • What are the
Anyone can start this.
benefits
' • Determine into which category your city fits.
to being a
• Become familiar with GreenStep best practices. GreenStep city?
• Talk with key people and organizations in your city. -- - ----- —°- --
• Invite,as needed,a GreenStep program representative to your city.
• Conduct an inventory of completed,planned and desired best practices. �' What
• Discuss with an official city body.
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• Introduce a resolution to the city council. required to be
• Specify a GreenStep coordinator and a few best practices to implement. a GreenStep
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• E-mail your city resolution and GreenStep contact information to the MPCA. City?
Congratulations!You are now a Step One GreenStep Cityl Use Step One recognition artwork/materials(found on r a, 4i
your city log-in page)to let others know of your accomplishment.Formal recognition of Step One cities takes place
each June at the annual League of Minnesota Cities conference. a'`
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` • Enter simple information about your city.
• Provide brief detail on best practices previously implemented.
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Get organized to begin work on implementing best practices.
• As needed,educate city staff and officials about sustainability.
• Convene a small working group.
• Specify implementation action(s)and a few lead people.
• Prepare a simple work plan for implementing selected best practices.
• Present the best practice plans to a city body or to the city council as appropriate.
Implement best practices.
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• Keep everyone moving and celebrate success.
• Clarify,as needed,what constitutes completing an action with the MPCA GreenStep program
coordinator.
• Briefly describe implemented best practices on the GreenStep web site.
http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/steps.cfm 6/1/2012
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Congratulations!When you have implemented any 4,6 or 8 best practices(depending on your city category)you are
now a Step Two GreenStep City!Use Step Two recognition artwork/materials(found on your city log-in page)to let
others know of your accomplishment.Formal recognition of Step Two cities takes place each June at the annual
League of Minnesota Cities conference.
Keep working on best practices.
• Implementing a particular best practice action may take months or one to two years.
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• Be alert to opportunities to complete multiple best practice actions at once.
• Check back with the city council as needed.
• Report yearly to community members.
• As your work proceeds,give us feedback on the program.
Congratulations!When you have implemented 8,12 or 16 best practices(depending on your city category)
distributed across the five topical areas and including a few required best practices,you are now a Step Three
GreenStep City!Use recognition artwork/materials(found on your city log-in page)to let others know of your
accomplishment.Formal recognition of Step Three cities takes place each June at the annual League of Minnesota
Cities conference.
GreenStep Cities Step Four
at • GreenStep Cities Step Four program requirements will be developed during 2012,as we learn from
,{�isUd cities during 2010 and 2011,that challenge recognized GreenStep Cities to implement more actions
and thus be recognized for these accomplishments.We think GreenStep best practices will result in
multiple benefits for your city and that you'll want to continuously work on best practices that make your
city more sustainable.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ( Contact I Web site policy
http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/steps.cfm 6/1/2012
The GreenStep 28 best practices Buildings and Lighting Land Use
• Make planning and tracking 1. Efficient Existing Public 16. Comprehensive Plan and ',4,,, :,
easier: download this Buildings: Benchmark _f Implementation: Adopt a
spreadsheet that lists all 168 energy usage, identify fir In Comprehensive Plan and tie
unique actions for all 28 best ;savings opportunities, and egulatory ordinances to it.
practices. 1work with utilities and others to
implement cost-effective energy and 17. Efficient City Growth: Promote
An online version (see view- (sustainability improvements. (financial and environmental
only example) can be shared sustainability by enabling and
with, and edited by, multiple 2. Efficient Existing Private encouraging higher density housing
staff members, citizens and ;Buildings: Provide incentives for land commercial land use.
elected officials. E-mail Amir !energy, water and sustainability
Nadav, Great Plains Institute,improvements in existing structures. 18. Mixed Uses: Develop efficient and
for online access rights. bealthy land patterns.
• Cities that implement a 3.New Green Buildings: Construct €
minimum number of best hew buildings to meet or qualify under 9. Efficient Highway-Oriented
practices organized into these la green building framework. 'Development: Adopt commercial
five topical areas will be ' development and design standards for
recognized as a GreenStep 14.Efficient Building & Street ighway road corridors.
City. See What's required to be 'Lighting and Signals: Improve the
a GreenStep City? iefficiency of public lighting and '10. Conservation Design: Adopt
• Cities should claim credit for signals. development ordinances or processes
best practices already that protect natural systems.
implemented. Adding best a5. Building Reuse: Create economic
practices over time will garner land regulatory incentives for
additional recognition. ;redeveloping and repurposing existing
• For each best practice, and ;buildings before building new.
depending on city category (A,
B or C), a city needs to
complete one or more actions
from a list associated with the
best practice. See What
category is my city in?
Transportation !Environmental Management Economic and Community
11. Complete Green Streets: OO� X115. Purchasing: Adopt !Development
Create a network of !environmentally preferable 24. Benchmarks &
multimodal green streets. purchasing policies and ;Community Engagement:
practices. [Adopt outcome measures
12. Mobility Options: Promote active 1 for GreenStep and other
transportation and alternatives to 16. Urban Forests: Increase city tree city sustainability efforts, and engage
single-occupancy car travel. ;and plant cover. ;community members in ongoing
education, dialogue, and campaigns.
13. Efficient City Fleets: Implement a117. Efficient Stormwater
city fleet investment, operations and ;Management: Minimize the volume 25. Green Business Development:
maintenance plan. of and pollutants in rainwater runoff 'Support expansion of the green
business sector in your city.
14. Demand-Side Travel Planning: 118. Parks and Trails: Support active
Implement Travel Demand ;lifestyles by enhancing the city's green 26. Renewable Energy: Remove
Management and Transit-Oriented 'infrastructure. barriers to and encourage installation
Design. ( of renewable energy generation
119. Surface Water Quality: Improve ;capacity.
'local water bodies.
27. Local Food: Strengthen local food
20. Efficient Water and Wastewater and fiber production and access.
Facilities: Assess and improve city
drinking water and wastewater 28. Business Synergies:
Ifacilities. k1kN� etwork/cluster businesses to achieve
better energy, economic and
11.Septic Systems: Implement an environmental outcomes.
(effective management program for 1
!decentralized wastewater treatment
€systems.
22. Solid Waste Reduction: Increase
waste reduction, reuse and recycling. l
23. Local Air Quality: Prevent
'generation of local air contaminants.
CITY COUNCIL LETTER
Meeting of: June 4, 2012
AGENDA SECTION: WORK SESSION ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER
NO: PUBLIC WORKS
ITEM: ADOPT RESOLUTION 2012-070 FOR BY: Kevin Hansen BY:
APPOINTMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI DATE: May 31, 2012 DATE:
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
At the March 26, 2012 regular Council meeting, the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the
Mississippi Water Management Organization (MWMO) was approved. The cities of Fridley and
Hilltop also approved the JPA. The five current members are the cities of Lauderdale,Minneapolis,
Saint Anthony Village,and Saint Paul,and the Minneapolis Park&Recreation Board.Each of those
cities also had to reauthorize the agreement for the watershed to move the agreement forward for
final approval—which has now occurred.
To comply with the amended Joint Powers Agreement that establishes joining the Mississippi
Watershed Management Organization, the City of Columbia Heights was designated to have one
board member, along with the City of Fridley, for a total of seven (7) board members. The City
Council should approve a resolution appointing a City representative to serve as a member of the
organization.
Councilmember Schmitt has expressed an interest in the MWMO and has been attending their
meetings over the last year. The attached resolution appoints City Councilmember Donna Schmitt as
the City representative.
Recommended Motion: Move to waive the reading of Resolution 2012-070, there being ample
copies available for the public.
Recommended Motion: Move to adopt Resolution 2012-070 being a resolution appointing
Councilmember Donna Schmitt as the City representative to the Mississippi Watershed Management
Organization.
Attachment: Resolution 2012-070
COUNCIL ACTION:
RESOLUTION 2012-070
RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MISSISSIPPI
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights entered into an amended Joint Powers Agreement to
join the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, and
WHEREAS, the City is to appoint one representative as a member of the Mississippi Watershed
Management Organization, and
WHEREAS, the appointed member is also to be designated as the sub district representative of
the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights,
County of Anoka, that City Councilmember Donna Schmitt is hereby appointed as the City
representative to the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
Passed this th day of June, 2012
Offered by: CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
BY
Mayor Gary L. Peterson
Patricia Muscovitz, CMC
City Clerk
New ADA Requirements for City Pools: Effective Date Delayed http:11www.lmc.org/page/l/pooldelay.jsp
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New ADA Requirements for
City Pools: Effective Date
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The U.S. Department of Justice has extended the deadline to next January to comply with new
accessibility rules for swimming pools.
(Published May 31, 2012)
Cities now have more time to comply with new accessibility standards for existing city swimming pools.
The effective date is now Jan. 31, 2013. However,newly constructed or altered pools must be in
compliance with the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)requirements as of March 15, 2012.
The effective date for all city pools to meet the new requirements was initially March 15 and was then
delayed to May 21. Another delay was announced last week.
• Learn more from the ADA website(link to:http:// vH:ada,gov/regs2OlO.'ADArcgs201ZYinalrule_existingpoofs FR_may2J.htm)
(cities are covered by Title II)
By next January, under the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, there must be specific accessible
ways to enter city swimming pools. The Standards apply to wading pools and spas too,but many of those
already have compliant sloped entries.
The ADA aims to establish a comprehensive prohibition of discrimination based on disability. For cities,
it's not just about physical access. Title II of the ADA applies to state and local governments and requires
that people with disabilities also have access to public programs,not just buildings.
For example, if a city offers swimming lessons at a community pool, a child who uses a wheelchair must
be able to participate in that program. Because of this program access, many smaller public pools may
already have installed an accessible entry,making the pools compliant with the 2010 Standards.However,
if a city must modify pools to make their programs accessible,the 2010 Standards are the new reference
point.
The "accessible means of entry"required by the 2010 Standards means pools must have pool lifts,pool
stairs, or sloped entries, and either a transfer wall or a transfer system. (A transfer wall is a wall along an
accessible route that allows a person to leave a wheelchair, for example, and lift or move their bodies onto
the wall and then into a pool.) The Standards require a different number of accessible entries based on the
size of the pool.
The 2010 Standards require that larger pools—those with 300 or more linear feet of pool wall—have at
least two accessible means of entry. At least one entry must be a sloped entry or a pool lift;the other could
be a sloped entry,pool lift, transfer wall, or transfer system. Smaller pools,with less than 300 linear feet of
pool wall,must have one accessible entry.
There are only a few exceptions to the new requirements. If a public entity can demonstrate that it is
structurally impracticable to meet the standard for new pools,then full compliance is not required.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, adaptations are "structurally impracticable" only in those
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rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain prevent the incorporation of accessibility
features. Even then,achieving compliance is required to the extent possible.
Another exception relates to cost and mostly applies to existing pools. If a city demonstrates that making
existing swimming pools accessible would be an undue financial and administrative burden,the exception
protects the city from excessive compliance costs.Deciding what constitutes an undue financial and
administrative burden is a city-specific question requiring legal advice from the city attorney,
i Access technical specifications for each type of entry(search"swimming")(Link to:http:Pwwwada.gov
/regs201 0/2010ADAStandards/2010ADAstandards.htm)
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Current Projects
Archived Projects
Meeting Dates Farview Park Wading Pool Replacement
Funding
Community The wading pool at Farview Park is being replaced and relocated.The MPRB has allocated, as part
Engagement of its 2011-2016 approved capital Improvement program, $500,000 for replacement of the pool
Planning Process and related site improvements. New water-saving and other updated engineering features will
eliminate the plumbing and water seepage issues that closed the 1950s-eara pool in 2010.The
Design&Planning new site of the zero-depth-entry pool, near the park side entry to the recreation center, will allow
Links for better site surveillance as well as natural shade from existing trees. Additional components of
Construction Permit the project include new restrooms and pool mechanical room as an exterior addition to the park
building, and the relocation of the existing rain garden.
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Project Phase/Closures of Park Facilities
Current Activity
Contact Information
Community Engagement
Background
Project Phase/ Closures of Park Facilities
Project Phase: Construction is set to begin late May or early June of 2012. If all goes as planned,
opening of the pool is anticipated for the first week of August.
Closures of Park Facilities:The park will be open during construction, but no pool will be available
until August. Park visitors are asked to stay away from the construction area.
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Current Activity— (released or decided upon for the project)
DATE Phase
3/21/12 Construction Bid Award Approval,Item VI.6(click on resolution to see staff report)
6/1/11 Design Schematic Design Approval,Page 3,Item 4.3
5/18/11 Design Public hearing
5/6/11 Design Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to hold public hearing for proposed new
wading pool at Farview Park
3/9/11 Design Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board seeks input for new wading pool at
Farview Park
12/13/10 Funding Adoption of 2011 Budget/CIP
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Contact Information
Contact Cliff Swenson, Project Manager, Planning at cswenson @minneapolisparks.org or 612-230-
6473.
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Community Engagement
A Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting was held March 31,2011 to gather ideas and
suggestions from the Farview community.The CAC helped determine the site of the new pool in
the park and pool features to be included,and also provided ideas and suggestions on options for
rest rooms and other site amenities.
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=1360 6/1/2012